Monday, 16 March 2026
Chair
Stephen Kyrou, Special Counsel, Piper Alderman
PPSA in Commercial Contracts
- Types of clauses in commercial contracts that could create PPSA security interests
- Retention of title: a situation where you must register
- Turnover trusts: a situation where you consider registering
- Types of PPSA registrations to make
Presented by Robert Murphy, Special Counsel, Mills Oakley
Description
Attend and earn 1 CPD unit in Substantive Law
This program is applicable to practitioners from all States & Territories
Presenters
Robert Murphy, Special Counsel, Mills OakleyRobert Murphy is a banking and finance lawyer based in Sydney and has been practising for over 15 years (including two years in London). He has been with top tier firms in Australia and was with an international firm in its Sydney and London office for over ten years. Robert’s experience includes acting for lenders and borrowers in relation to general corporate lending, property and construction finance, asset backed lending, asset finance, debt capital markets and structured finance. He has acted for the major Australian banks, US and Chinese banks along with borrowers including developers, mining companies, healthcare companies and technology companies.
Stephen Kyrou, Special Counsel, Piper Alderman
Stephen Kyrou is a Special Counsel in Piper Alderman’s Restructuring and Insolvency team in Melbourne. Stephen was previously Associate to the Honourable Associate Justice Efthim of the Supreme Court of Victoria. Stephen regularly acts for insolvency practitioners in a broad range of personal and corporate insolvency matters. Stephen also acts on behalf of affected directors, bankrupts and both secured and unsecured creditors when dealing with distressed entities and the administration of insolvent entities. Stephen’s experience includes advising and acting for insolvency practitioners on issues arising on their appointment, PPSA disputes, the undertaking of public examinations of directors and related parties and bringing and defending a wide range of insolvency actions including voidable transaction claims. Stephen also practices in general commercial litigation including debt recovery, contractual and shareholder disputes. He has a high level of experience in all stages of litigation including the preparation of pleadings, discovery (including eDiscovery), instructing experts and the general preparation and conduct of trials.
